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Kazuki Yamamoto said: "Your Excellency, Commander, in my opinion, it is not surprising that the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared with more than 300 battalions. After all, their set of ideas still has a great agitation effect on the civilians in China.

Who has the most people in China?It is civilians.

Throughout the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, there are district squads, county brigades, and guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army almost everywhere. "

"If the Eighth Route Army recruits these militia guerrillas, it may not be impossible to gather more than 300 battalions."

"It can be seen from the various weapons and equipment they are equipped with that the Eighth Route Army must have done this."

"Such a humble army with extremely poor equipment, almost no logistical support capabilities, and lack of systematic training has little combat effectiveness, and it is nothing to fear."

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto changed the subject and said: "What really puzzles me is how the commander of the Eighth Route Army commanded and mobilized such a huge army.

More than 300 battalions launched attacks on more than 300 strongholds of the imperial army at the same time. There was almost no time difference, and there were no mistakes in it. Such command coordination ability is difficult even for the imperial army. "

"You must know that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army of China is notoriously backward. Their radio stations are only equipped at the brigade level, and the information transmission at the lower level can only rely on cavalry correspondents.

In this case, how do they achieve unified command? "

Chief of Staff Jun Miyano thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the Eighth Route Army made an appointment in advance and then started operations at the same time?"

Kazuki Yamamoto: "It should be like this, but it's definitely not that simple!"

After a pause, Kazuki Yamamoto changed the subject and asked again: "Chief of Staff, if you were replaced by the commander of the Eighth Route Army, would you be able to command this attack so perfectly?"

Miyano Jun was immediately stopped by the question, he pondered for a while, thought of various methods, and finally could only shake his head helplessly.

In the case of extremely backward communication conditions, an army of more than a dozen or 20 people must be unified and commanded, and this army must be dispersed into more than 300 units to fight separately; moreover, these more than 300 units seem to fight separately, but in In the process of combat, they are not fighting alone, but will carry out various coordinated operations.

This is obviously not something anyone can do.

At least Miyano Jun asked himself that he couldn't do it.

Kazuki Yamamoto: "So, the command ability of the Eighth Route Army of China is the most terrifying, and it is also the greatest threat to the imperial army."

This time, everyone in the headquarters nodded heavily.

Chief of Staff Jun Miyano said: "Indeed, the command capability of the Eighth Route Army is indeed terrifying, and it is said by the Central China Army and the Jinsui Army that it does not have it at all.

What's more, the determination of the Eighth Route Army to carry out orders, and the courage to fear death are also not possessed by the China Central Army and the Jinsui Army.

Many of the Central China Army and Jinsui Army surrendered to the Imperial Army and became the Imperial Association Army. Although the Eighth Route Army also surrendered, they were negligibly small. "

"If the Eighth Route Army can have the weapons and equipment of the Central Army of China, or if the Central Army of China can have the coordinated command ability of the Eighth Route Army, and the determination to fear death, it will not be easy for the Imperial Army to defeat it time and time again. matter!"

Jun Miyano began to think back and study the horrors of the Eighth Route Army, but the more he studied, the more terrifying the Eighth Route Army became.

The faces of the rest of the people couldn't look any better either.

Of course, this does not mean that the commanding ability of the officers of the national army is not good. In fact, the commanders of the central army with outstanding commanding ability, such as General Xue Boling, the tiger boy who invented the Tianlu method, and General Zhuge Bai Jiansheng, etc. The list goes on and on.

However, there are many factions in the national army, each with its own selfishness. In this way, it is good to fight with the wind, but when the wind is against, all kinds of troubles will occur, and the orders of the upper peak will be obediently obeyed, and so on.

And the Eighth Route Army almost all have firm and unanimous beliefs, so naturally they will not have selfishness when executing orders.

Shinozuka Yoshio also strongly agreed: "Although the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army are poor, let alone compared with the Central Army, even compared with the Jinsui Army, it is far inferior."

"However, compared with the Central Army and the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army is obviously more aggressive."

"Although the Eighth Route Army seldom launches a frontal attack, their ambush and sparrow warfare are extremely threatening, and after taking advantage of it, they will not stop as soon as it is good like the Central Army, but will continue to make progress."

"So I dare to conclude that China Tuba Road must have greater ambitions and goals this time."

"If my guess is correct, they will definitely launch attacks on those secondary strongholds in the future, and try to attack the Zhengtai Railway, Tongpu Railway, and Pinghan Railway, and even attack some counties along the line!"

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka changed the subject and said again: "Of course, this is just my guess. When drawing up the combat plan, the Operations Division still needs to use intelligence as the basis, not conjecture."

"Hi Yi!"

Saburo Yoshida, the head of the combat section, nodded heavily, and then said: "Commander, or else order the imperial army to form a separate 1st brigade, a separate 4th brigade, and the 27th division to send a mobile brigade to cooperate with the air forces to provide Tactical guidance to take the initiative to lure out the main force of the Eighth Route Army? In this way, the combat intention of the Eighth Route Army of China will be exposed."

"Attack on the initiative?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked with a sullen face, "Which direction are you going to attack? What if the Eighth Route Army of China evades the battle? How many kilometers is the limit for the attack? All the way to the hinterland of the bandit area?"

"This..." Saburo Yoshida was at a loss for words when asked.

Which direction to attack is not a problem, the problem is that the Eighth Route Army will mostly avoid fighting, because this is the consistent style of the Eighth Route Army.

Every time the Japanese army cleared the countryside, the Eighth Route Army would hide far away, but as soon as they got the chance, they would turn around and bite the devils hard.

Therefore, if you take the initiative to attack at this moment, you will be exhausted and return in vain, or you will fall into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army and suffer heavy losses or even wipe out the entire army.

Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "So, let's wait a little longer, wait another day, if nothing happens, the Eighth Route Army will reveal their true combat intentions tonight, and then the Imperial Army will be able to launch a counterattack! "

"Hi Yi!"

A group of devils and officers ordered each other.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Mori Iijima, the head of the intelligence section, and asked, "Iijima-kun, how is your intelligence section doing? Have you shown goodwill to the Central China Army and the Jinsui Army?"

Iijima Mori: "Our intelligence department has released goodwill to the China Central Army and the Jinsui Army through channels. At present, the Central Army and the Jinsui Army have not responded to this, but..."

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